Preview your content

Jan Cerman
6 minutes
Web Spotlight / Preview
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We’re all visual creatures, and it helps to see our work in its final shape. Preview in Kontent.ai does just that for you, and it can help reassure you about how your content appears in your channels in many ways.For instance, an introduction paragraph may seem totally fine length-wise in Kontent.ai. But when you see it in its actual placement on the website, you may find it looks too long. 

Edit, preview, publish!

With the preview at your disposal, you can cross-check how your content looks before it goes live:
  • Edit in context: Make changes and see immediately how they appear on websites, apps, PDFs, etc.
  • Consistent content: Reduce errors and ensure your content is accurate in your channels.
  • No guesswork: Save time seeing your changes live side-by-side while editing without switching tabs.  

Preview your latest changes instantly

Previewing your content using live preview can be useful when you want to see the content exactly the way your customers will see it in their browsers, for example.
  1. Find the content item in Content & assets
  2. Open the content item for editing.
  3. Click at the top. 
This reveals the preview inside your content item.
To see the button, talk to your project manager to activate live preview.
Preview button in content item editing
To use preview, your developers first need to set up preview for your app and project. Once done, you can preview your work using Web Spotlight, clicking the Preview button or in Kontent.ai.

Edit directly from the preview

If you spot a mistake when previewing your content, you can click the to find the specific item or element of the same item to make your changes. This is also something that your developers need to implement first.
How the edit buttons look in the app.

Preview in Web Spotlight

Web Spotlight will transition to live preview by the end of October.
If you use Web Spotlight, you can see the content preview directly in Kontent.ai. In a content item opened in Web Spotlight, select the Preview tab to see it.To go back to the content item editing, click the button on the element you want to edit or switch back to the Editor tab.
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